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it has been drained and built over, has received the nickname of "Pov- 

 erty Hollow." Mr. Wandel stated that the white cedars grew also in 

 another swamp to the southwest of the Meyer place on the Finger- 

 board Road. Mr. John L. Garretson, who died last August in the 

 92nd year of his age, also mentioned the circumstance of the white 

 cedars growing near the Fingerboard Road. The southern white cedar 

 grows in swamps much further north, so there is nothing remarkable 

 in its having occured on Staten Island. 



Thoreau, in a letter dated May 22, 1843, and written from what is 

 now called Emerson Hill, mentioned that the scarlet paintedcup 

 {Castillcja coccinea L.) was "very common in the meadows." He adds 

 "The whole island is like a garden, and affords very fine scenery." 

 The scarlet paintedcup is said in the catalog of 1879 to be "very 

 abundant in the Clove Lake Swamp." It is now exterminated, as far 

 as known. Under this same head of exterminated plants that once 

 formed part of our woodland flora, should probably be included the 

 following species. The letters "E. C." after many of the names, indi- 

 cate that the plants were recorded in the Elliot collection. 



Coptis trilolia (L.) Salisb. Goldthread. "Near Silver Lake, 1864 

 (Elliot Collection), not since found. — 'Ponds south of R. R. between 

 Clifton and Garretson's' (I. H. Hall, in T. C. B.).'* 



Sarracenia purpiwea L. Pitcher plant. Mr. John J. Crooke has 

 informed me that he collected pitcher plants a number of years ago, in 

 a swamp near Gififords. 



Bikukiilla Cimdlaria (L.) Millsp. Dutchman's Breeches. Near 

 Garretson's; not common in 1879. 



Bikukulla canadensis (Goldie) Millsp. Squirrel Corn. E. C. 



Dentaria diphylla Michx. E. C. 



Drosera j-otundifolia L. Round-leaved Sundew. Clove Lake Swamp 

 in 1879. 



Drosera longifolia L. Oblong-leaved Sundew. E. C. D. inter- 

 media Hayne was probly the species found. 



Geranium Robe7'tianum L. Herb Robert. E. C, 



Polygala lutea L. Orange Milkwort. E. C. 



Polygala polygama Walt. E. C. 



Galaciia regularis (L.) B. S. P. Milk Pea. E. C. 



Prnnus aniericana Marsh. Wild Yellow Plum. Near Clove Lake; 

 rather rare in 1879. 



Prunus virginiayia L. Choke Cherry. E. C. 



Ruhus cuneifolius Pursh. Sand Blackberry. Seems to have been 



